Carly's worries vanished in an instant. She finally understood Lucy's plan and couldn't help but give her mother a thumbs-up.

Lucy smiled. "But before you go to Mr. Alvarez, you need to prepare something. You must make sure there's no doubt that Celine's baby belongs to Perry."

Carly nodded. "Mom, I know exactly what to do. I'll take care of it right now."

At Alvarez Group, Adam had returned to his office.

He was reviewing documents when Leop suddenly spoke in a low voice, "Sir, Ms. Celine still hasn't agreed to perform the surgery for Ms. Carly. What should we do next?"

Adam's pen paused in mid-air.

Leo hesitated before continuing, "Are we really going to keep pressuring Ms. Celine? I can tell that after we targeted Perry, she has become deeply disappointed in you."

Adam's cold and unreadable expression didn't change.

He had no choice. He could only take Carly's side.

Yet in his mind, Celine's face appeared-her delicate yet stubborn expression filled with defiance.

"Celine, please don't make things difficult for me," he thought to himself.

Just then, there was a knock at the door, followed by Carly's voice, "Adam."

in," Adam responded

inside. "Adam, I hope I'm not

"I'm busy today. I don't have time to entertain

won't take much of your time.

me

"It's about Celine."

looked up immediately.

get me wrong. Nothing bad happened to her.

it,

know."

her expression. "What are you trying

prepare yourself. It's a big secret...

fell to the floor. He abruptly stood up and stared at

just say? Say

Carly calmly continued, "Adam,

saw Celine

pregnancy-stabilizing tonic. I had

look into it. She's

content belongs to

Celine was... pregnant.

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